Addressing inequality

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 76-90

  Rueschemeyer, Dietrich ^a  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

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EID: 7544242291     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2004.0072     Document Type: Review

References (19)

1. Robert A. Dahl, Polyarchy: Participation and Opposition (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1971), 1.
2. See Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne H. Stephens, and John D. Stephens, Capitalist Development and Democracy (Cambridge: Polity, 1992); as well as Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens, "The Paradoxes of Contemporary Democracy: Formal, Participatory, and Social Dimensions," Comparative Politics 29 (April 1997): 323-42; and Gerard Alexander, The Sources of Democratic Consolidation (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002).
3. See Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne H. Stephens, and John D. Stephens, Capitalist Development and Democracy (Cambridge: Polity, 1992); as well as Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens, "The Paradoxes of Contemporary Democracy: Formal, Participatory, and Social Dimensions," Comparative Politics 29 (April 1997): 323-42; and Gerard Alexander, The Sources of Democratic Consolidation (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002).
4. See Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne H. Stephens, and John D. Stephens, Capitalist Development and Democracy (Cambridge: Polity, 1992); as well as Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens, "The Paradoxes of Contemporary Democracy: Formal, Participatory, and Social Dimensions," Comparative Politics 29 (April 1997): 323-42; and Gerard Alexander, The Sources of Democratic Consolidation (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002).
5. This is of course itself a major limitation of political equality. On electoral control under modern-day "big government," see Paul Pierson, "The Prospects of Democratic Control in an Age of Big Government," in Arthur M. Meltzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman, eds., Politics at the Turn of the Century (Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001), 140-61.
6. The conception of cultural hegemony just sketched does not presuppose the idea of "false consciousness." Rather than claiming superior knowledge of people's "objective interests," it merely argues that elite views and interests tend to shape the views and preferences of subordinate groups more than vice versa.
7. nd ed. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1999), 48-53. Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens see recent developments of formal democracy in Latin America as stunted by the persistence of drastically unequal class power; see their "Paradoxes of Contemporary Democracy."
8. nd ed. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1999), 48-53. Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens see recent developments of formal democracy in Latin America as stunted by the persistence of drastically unequal class power; see their "Paradoxes of Contemporary Democracy."
9. nd ed. (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner, 1999), 48-53. Evelyne Huber, Dietrich Rueschemeyer, and John D. Stephens see recent developments of formal democracy in Latin America as stunted by the persistence of drastically unequal class power; see their "Paradoxes of Contemporary Democracy."
10. See Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firm, Organizations, and States (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970).
11. On the effect of electoral systems, see Pippa Norris, "Women: Representation and Electoral Systems," in Richard Rose, ed., The International Encyclopedia of Elections (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2000): 348-51; Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, "Cultural Barriers to Women's Leadership: A Worldwide Comparison," paper presented at the 2000 Congress of the International Political Science Association in Quebec City, Canada, on 1-5 August 2000, offers extensive cross-national evidence; the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism is the subject of Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery, eds., Women's Access to Political Power in Post-Communist Europe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).
12. On the effect of electoral systems, see Pippa Norris, "Women: Representation and Electoral Systems," in Richard Rose, ed., The International Encyclopedia of Elections (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2000): 348-51; Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, "Cultural Barriers to Women's Leadership: A Worldwide Comparison," paper presented at the 2000 Congress of the International Political Science Association in Quebec City, Canada, on 1-5 August 2000, offers extensive cross-national evidence; the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism is the subject of Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery, eds., Women's Access to Political Power in Post-Communist Europe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).
13. On the effect of electoral systems, see Pippa Norris, "Women: Representation and Electoral Systems," in Richard Rose, ed., The International Encyclopedia of Elections (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 2000): 348-51; Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart, "Cultural Barriers to Women's Leadership: A Worldwide Comparison," paper presented at the 2000 Congress of the International Political Science Association in Quebec City, Canada, on 1-5 August 2000, offers extensive cross-national evidence; the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of communism is the subject of Richard E. Matland and Kathleen A. Montgomery, eds., Women's Access to Political Power in Post-Communist Europe (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).
14. Paul Pierson, "The Prospects of Democratic Control," emphasizes issues of information and cognitive capacity of the electorate in his review of the chances of democratic control of big government Recognizing that simple techniques such as taking one's cue from trusted others and the collective superiority of aggregates of people who are individually only moderately informed curb the impact of ignorance and lack of judgment on the part of most voters, he remains skeptical that these mechanisms are sufficient to ensure electoral control of government based on at least rough equality.
15. See Talcott Parsons, "The Kinship System of the Contemporary United States," American Anthropologist 45 (March 1943): 96-114; and Talcott Parsons with Robert F. Bales, James Olds, Morris Zelditch, and Philip E. Slater, Family, Socialization, and Interaction Process (New York: Free Press, 1955). See also Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (New York: Dell, 1963). For a study of dual-career marriages of professionals in three countries, see Marilyn Rueschemeyer, Professional Work and Marriage: An East-West Comparison (London: Macmillan, 1981).
16. See Talcott Parsons, "The Kinship System of the Contemporary United States," American Anthropologist 45 (March 1943): 96-114; and Talcott Parsons with Robert F. Bales, James Olds, Morris Zelditch, and Philip E. Slater, Family, Socialization, and Interaction Process (New York: Free Press, 1955). See also Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (New York: Dell, 1963). For a study of dual-career marriages of professionals in three countries, see Marilyn Rueschemeyer, Professional Work and Marriage: An East-West Comparison (London: Macmillan, 1981).
17. See Talcott Parsons, "The Kinship System of the Contemporary United States," American Anthropologist 45 (March 1943): 96-114; and Talcott Parsons with Robert F. Bales, James Olds, Morris Zelditch, and Philip E. Slater, Family, Socialization, and Interaction Process (New York: Free Press, 1955). See also Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (New York: Dell, 1963). For a study of dual-career marriages of professionals in three countries, see Marilyn Rueschemeyer, Professional Work and Marriage: An East-West Comparison (London: Macmillan, 1981).
18. See Talcott Parsons, "The Kinship System of the Contemporary United States," American Anthropologist 45 (March 1943): 96-114; and Talcott Parsons with Robert F. Bales, James Olds, Morris Zelditch, and Philip E. Slater, Family, Socialization, and Interaction Process (New York: Free Press, 1955). See also Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (New York: Dell, 1963). For a study of dual-career marriages of professionals in three countries, see Marilyn Rueschemeyer, Professional Work and Marriage: An East-West Comparison (London: Macmillan, 1981).
19. See for instance Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Marilyn Rueschemeyer, and Björn Wittrock, "Conclusion: Contrasting Patterns of Participation and Democracy," in Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Marilyn Rueschemeyer, and Björn Wittrock, eds., Participation and Democracy East and West: Comparisons and Interpretations (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1998): 266-84.